Briar vs Kennedale

A side-by-side comparison of Briar and Kennedale: population, income, housing, and more.

Briar and Kennedale are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kennedale has the higher population (8,954 vs 6,253 in Briar). Kennedale has the higher median household income ($117,853 vs $90,972 in Briar). Kennedale has the higher median home value ($356,300 vs $310,300 in Briar).

Population, income & housing

	Briar	Kennedale
Population	6,253	8,954
Median age	39.4 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$90,972	$117,853
Median home value	$310,300	$356,300
Median gross rent	$890	$1,215
Housing units	2,614	3,292
Homeownership rate	82.2%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Briar	Kennedale
Population	5,241 → 6,253 (+19.3%)	8,197 → 8,954 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$62,123 → $90,972 (+46.4%)	$77,763 → $117,853 (+51.6%)
Median home value	$162,300 → $310,300 (+91.2%)	$215,500 → $356,300 (+65.3%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $890 (+2.7%)	$944 → $1,215 (+28.7%)

Briar

Population

5,2416,253

Median household income

$62,123$90,972

Median home value

$162,300$310,300

Median gross rent

$867$890

Kennedale

Population

8,1978,954

Median household income

$77,763$117,853

Median home value

$215,500$356,300

Median gross rent

$944$1,215

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Briar	Kennedale
Under 5	5.8%	4.8%
5 to 17	18.4%	18.3%
18 to 24	5.5%	6.4%
25 to 34	11.5%	11.6%
35 to 44	14.3%	15.5%
45 to 54	13.0%	14.0%
55 to 64	18.1%	14.4%
65 to 74	6.2%	8.5%
75 and over	7.2%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Briar	Kennedale
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	56.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	19.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.6%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	17.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Briar	Kennedale
No high school diploma	7.8%	15.9%
High school graduate	38.0%	23.4%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Briar	Kennedale
Drove alone	76.6%	81.2%
Carpooled	10.8%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	10.1%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Briar	Kennedale
1-unit, detached	70.2%	71.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	11.5%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	28.6%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Briar	Kennedale
Poverty rate	10.8%	5.0%
Average household size	2.87	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	39	30
Median year structure built	1989	1995